Nairobi vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nairobi	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$745	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2030	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$269	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$437
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	67	56
😀 Quality of life	57	58
🏙️ Population	5.55M	2.42M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 0.5% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6689th and 6712th ($745 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Kenya and Brazil, respectively. Check Kenya vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Nairobi compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 5632nd and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Salvador

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	Nairobi	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.67	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.41	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.58%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1536	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1125	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.5	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.2	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.09	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.2	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.6	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8325	$10964

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$571
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$482
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$493
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$543
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$548
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$460
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$518
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$483
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$581
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$583
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$560
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$511
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$466
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$601
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$643
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$707
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$559
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$564
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$675
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$736
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$639
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$579
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$509
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$622
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$723
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$509
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$568
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$545
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$784
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$598
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$509
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$441
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$510
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$509
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$576
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$579
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$768

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610